Robin Hood's Farm (Tanworth)

Locality
Coordinate	52.3282, -1.8248
Adm. div.	Warwickshire
Vicinity	Danzey Green Lane; c. 900 m SE of Tanworth
Type	Building
Interest	Robin Hood name
Status	Extant
First Record	1830
A.k.a.	Robinhoods Farm

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Robin Hood's Farm from the driveway at Danzey Green Lane.

Robin Hood's Farm from the driveway at Danzey Green Lane / Google Earth Street View.

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-15. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-08.

Robin Hood's Farm on Danzey Green Lane, c. 900 m southeast of Tanworth, was in existence by 1830.

The farm is first recorded on an 1830 O.S. map of the area, where it is labelled 'Robinhoods Farm'.

Gazetteers

• Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 304, s.n. 'Robinhoods Farm'.

Sources

• Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F.M.; Houghton, F.T. S. The Place-Names of Warwickshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. XIII) (Cambridge, 1936), p. 296.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXIV.15 (c. 1888; surveyed c. 1886). No copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXIV.15 (1905; rev. 1903) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXIV.15 (1905; rev. 1903)
• 25" O.S. map Warwickshire XXIV.15 (1917; rev. 1914)
• 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXIV.SE (1886; rev. 1886)
• 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXIV (1906; rev. 1903) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXIV (1921; rev. 1913-14)
• 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXIV (1921; rev. 1914)
• 6" O.S. map Warwickshire XXIV (c. 1933; rev. 1914).

Photos

• BusinessLive: Robin Hood Farm in Tanworth in Arden.

Also see

• Robinhood place-names.

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  Robin Hood's Farm from the driveway at Danzey Green Lane / Google Earth Street View.

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  Robin Hood's Farm from the air / Google Earth.

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